Go to https://brilliant.org/drbecky to get a 30-day free trial and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. This week's video is a little insight into the astrophysics community and what we've all been waiting for: the decisions on who got time on JWST! In this video I pick out 3 proposals I'm particularly excited to see the data and results from. Plus go through some of the stats around the proposal process. #jwst #astrophysics #science
00:00 - Introduction 00:58 - How much time is available on JWST to apply for? 04:02 - HIGHLIGHT 1: Boyajian's WTF star 06:56 - HIGHLIGHT 2: The interior of an exoplanet?! 09:39 - HIGHLIGHT 3: Confirming the distance to the most distant candidate galaxies 13:22 - Honourable mentions 14:52 - STATS FOR NERDS LIKE ME 19:12 - Brilliant 20:23 - Bloopers
Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV
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👩🏽💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
